Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1899 — FIRE LOSSES ARE HEAV[?]ER. [ARTICLE]

FIRE LOSSES ARE HEAV[?]ER.

Those of 1899 f o Fax* hoar ao lacrcaM Over 1990. The fire loss of the United States anil Canada for tho month of September, as compiled from the New York Journal off Commerce and Commercial Bulletin record*), amounts to $12,778,806. The fidlowing tabic will show the losses for the first nine months of 1899, in comparison with the same period in 1898: Month. 1898. 1R»». January g 9.472.500 . g30.Wh.080 February 12,029,3 m» 18,4010000 March - 7,ttCi,2o« U,4S:i,(WO April 8,211.000 8203,000 May 11,072.2 O B.«n,SH»J June 0.30086© -«7!W.«0 July* 8,828,780 31,4.4.400 August..... 7,193,500 8.703,700 September 14,203,050 3Sjn*4oß Totals f«9,1C4,4We g99.«05,650 It will be seen that the 1899 losses so far exceed those of tbe same months off 1898 by over $10,000,000.